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>>of d.c. word the
state department
will order
u.s. embassies
in dozens of different cities shut down primarily in the
middle east
and on this coming sunday, notable. it is in nation's where sunday would normally be a workday. u.s. officials say in response to a threat they have picked up on, so far they're not being specific. our justice correspondent
pete williams
watching in our d.c. newsroom. good evening.

>> reporter: american officials say this is in response to
al qaeda
-related intelligence from the
middle east
specific about a period of time and mentioning an unspecified threat to u.s. diplomatic posts overseas. in response the
state department
says it will shut down all emba seeps this sunday that would normally be open. mostly in the
middle east
,
north africa
,
big ones
, cairo,
tel aviv
, riyadh,
saudi arabia
, along with baghdad, kabul,
kuwait city
. dozens of embassies and consulates. it is possible we may have additional days of closings as well depending on our analysis. that will be a big challenge for the
u.s. government
deciding whether to extend the shutdown. if it goes beyond sunday as it appears it might then it would affect american embassies in many countries throughout the world since they would all normally be open monday. u.s. officials aren't saying much about the threat just that it was tied to the month long muslim period of fact.